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Since the most local supplier of "exotic meats" won't have any boar for at least a week, I'm going to take a short break from working through the recipes in order and focus on a largess (historically appropriate gifts) project involving recipes also from this manuscript.

LXXIV Sweet spices, enough for many good and fine things The best fine sweet spices that you can make, for lamprey pie or for other good fresh water fish that one makes in a pie, and for good broths and sauces. Take a quarter (of an ounce) of cloves, an ounce of good ginger, an ounce of soft (or sweet) cinnamon, and take a quantity (the same amount of?) Indian bay leaves (*) and grind all these spices together how you please. And if you don’t want to do more, take these things (spices) in the same ratio (without grinding) and they will be marvelously good. * the glossary at the end of the Arnaldo Forni edition of this book indicates that folio in this recipe refers to malabathrum or Cinnamomum tamala also known as Indian bay leaf.

Interpretation: ¼ oz cloves, 1 oz ginger, 1oz cinnamon, 1 oz bay leaf. Grind, mix, store in dry air tight container. Alternately, mix without grinding store in bag or air tight container (the linen bag can be used to defuse the flavors into dishes, to be removed before serving). Yields: 9 1/2 bottles- bottles contain approx. 2 tbsp. Need to make two batches

LXXV Black and strong spices for many sauces. Black and strong spices to make sauces. Take half a quarter (of an ounce) of cloves, two ounces of pepper and an (equal) quantity of long pepper and nutmeg and do as all spices (grind).

The recipes in the current version of the booklet are: all three spice mixes, Marvelous and Good Nut Bread, Fantastic Common Ravioli with Herbs (pork & herb ravioli), Ambrosino Good and Perfect and Such (a sweet & sour chicken dish w/ dried fruit), Agalita (a double garlic sauce), and stuffed eggs. I'm debating whether I should switch any of these out or not. The recipes are currently mostly pretty easy, except for the ravioli which many would consider challenging since you have to make your own pasta for it.